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Putin warns Kiev of 'severe consequences' in gas standoff

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned of "severe consequences" if Ukraine disrupts Russian gas supplies to the EU. Kiev had earlier threatened to divert energy transports if no new deal was signed with Gazprom.

"If our partners say that they are not intending to fulfil the conditions of a contract signed previously then that means that they are intending to annul it," Putin told President Dmitry Medvedev in televised remarks.

"And this will be a completely different story with very severe consequences for the transit country, in my opinion. Not only in its relations with Russia, as the exporter, but also with consumers in EU countries."